Bean Bag Yuma Ricordea
A variant of Ricordea mushroom (Ricordea florida)
Representative Ricordea mushroomphoto — a dedicated image of this exact morph isn't available yet.
A distinctive Ricordea yuma whose round orange-to-red vesicles each carry a single red-orange stripe or squiggle, giving the whole polyp a psychedelic 'bean bag' patterning.
📜 Backstory
A show-stopping wild Ricordea yuma morph introduced by Reef Raft Canada and promoted by hobbyist Georgina Clark, documented by Reef Builders in 2019. Its signature is a single red-orange squiggle on each vesicle; notably the pattern is a 'sleeper' trait that only appears as polyps mature, so young polyps look like ordinary orange yumas. Genuinely rare and high-value when fully developed.
Keeper tips for this variant
Treat like any yuma — medium-to-high light, low-to-medium flow, occasional feeding, and stable water quality. Note the striping only develops with age, so a juvenile may look like a plain orange yuma at first.